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Name:	Hosparus Barren River, Central Kentucky, Louisville and Southern Indiana
Address:	3532 Ephraim McDowell Drive
	Louisville, KY 40205-3224
Phone:	502-456-6200
Web Address:	www.hosparus.org
Also known as: Hospice & Palliative Care of Louisville Hospice & Palliative Care of Central Kentucky Hospice & Palliative Care of Southern Indiana The Hospice Institute Bridges Center Alliance of Community Hospices

Hosparus Barren River, Central Kentucky, Louisville and Southern Indiana meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Hospice services include: --pain and symptom control --medication management --personal care --emotional and spiritual support --counseling --speech, physical, occupational and other therapies related to terminal diagnosis --bereavement care. Hospice care refers to care aimed at relieving suffering when a cure is not expected. It involves treatments that enhance a patient's comfort and improve the quality of the patient's life. Anyone with any terminal diagnosis with a six-month expected prognosis can access hospice care. Hosparus accepts referrals 24 hours daily. Hosparus caregivers include medical doctors, nurses, certified nursing assistants, social workers, expressive therapists, chaplains, bereavement counselors, support staff, and volunteers, and who provide compassionate end-of-life medical treatment, and emotional and spiritual support. Programs include: Inpatient Care--Hosparus operates an inpatient care center at the Norton Healthcare Pavilion, 315 East Broadway Louisville, KY (15 beds). Pediatric Care--Hosparus Pediatric Team, "Kourageous Kids", annually provides the highest standard of hospice care for more than 70 seriously ill children annually. Bereavement Care--The Grief Counseling Center, with offices in Louisville, Elizabethtown and Southern Indiana, offers the region's most comprehensive programs and services for children, adolescents, adults, and families who are struggling with loss. The Hospice Education Center provides a network of education and research that seeks to relieve pain, provide comfort, and enhance quality of life for those experiencing life-limiting illness or significant loss. A partial list of educational offerings includes advanced directives, cultural concerns in palliative care, creating rituals, death and dying, dementia and the hospice patient, and pain and symptom control.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, Hosparus Barren River, Central Kentucky, Louisville and Southern Indiana's program expenses were:

Hospice Care	37,836,470
Marketing & Educational Outreach	1,467,822
Total Program Expenses:	$39,304,292

Chief Executive : Phillip Marshall, President, CEO

Compensation*:

Chair of the Board: Rick Remmers
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Vice President/National Practice Leader, Commercial Large Group at Humana Inc.

Board Size: 18

Paid Staff Size: 502

Method(s) Used:

Methods of fund raising include direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, radio, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements, Memorials, and Honorariums. In addition, Hosparus is a Metro United Way member agency.

Fund raising costs were 32% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $3,539,249, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Hosparus Barren River, Central Kentucky, Louisville and Southern Indiana's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. Ending net assets as reported below include $19,592,613 in unrestricted net assets , $2,113,364 in temporarily restricted net assets, and $1,050,613 in permanently restricted net assets. Unrestricted net assets include $12,576,949 in unrestricted net assets and $7,015,664 in a Board designated endowment. Total assets as reported include $5,855,222 invested in property, land, and equipment. The agency reports that revenues as listed below include $1,159,657 in capital campaign revenues.

Source of Funds
Medicare	36,881,161
Medicaid	6,934,415
Private Insurance	3,352,629
Passport	1,508,527
Contributions	1,479,972
Net Assets Released from Restrictions-Operations	608,672
Fundraising Events	556,582
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Investments	444,831
Net Assets Released from Restrictions-Property Acquisition	295,602
Investment Income	148,862
Other Operating Income	17,348
Contractual Allowances	-197,865
Total Income	$52,030,736

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 81%  Fund Raising: 2%  Administrative: 17%

Total income				$52,030,736
	Program expenses			$39,304,292
	Fund raising expenses			1,149,601
	Administrative expenses			8,118,058
Total expenses				$48,571,951
Income in Excess of Expenses				3,458,785
Beginning net assets				18,664,102
Other Changes in Net Assets				633,703
Ending net assets				22,756,590
Total liabilities				6,779,606
Total assets				$29,536,196